Using the Life Centered Career Education Competencies
Transition is a very broad topic, covering all life-long skills that lead to adult fulfillment, and the current skills (regardless of the student’s
age) that are the foundation for these adult skills. Therefore, a listing of skills is very helpful in trying to structure such a broad topic. This project
has chosen Brolin’s Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) competencies. They cover three major life domains (Daily Living Skills, PersonalSocial Skills, and Occupational Guidance and Preparation). These domains are subdivided in 22 competencies and 97 subcompetencies, thereby
providing a comprehensive framework for addressing the breadth and depth of transition.
The LCCE has been used for a number of different project activities. This current document is a listing of the domains, competencies, and
subcompetencies as a reference. From this reference you will be able to see how the LCCE was used to develop the following:
Parent-Focused Transition Activities across the LCCE competencies—these are activities to do at home.
Standards-Based Transition Activities—these use the Ohio Academic Content Standards at the 5 th and 10th grade from which
we developed transition teaching activities for each of the three LCCE domains.
Brolin, D. E. (1997). Life-centered career education: A competency-based approach. Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
Domain
LIFE CENTERED CAREER EDUCATION
Competency
Daily Living Skills
Subcompetency: The student will be able to:
1. Managing
Personal
Finances
1. Count money &
make correct
change
2. Make responsible
expenditures
3. Keep basic
financial
records
4. Calculate & pay
taxes
5. Use credit
responsibly
2. Selecting and
Managing a
Household
7. Maintain home
exterior/interior
8. Use basic
appliances and
tools
9. Select adequate
housing
10. Set up household
11. Maintain
home
grounds.
3. Caring for
Personal Need
12. Demonstrate
knowledge of
physical fitness,
nutrition, &
weight
13. Exhibit proper
grooming &
hygiene.
14. Dress
appropriately
15. Demonstrate
knowledge of
common illness,
prevention &
treatment
16. Practice
personal
safety.
4. Raising
Children and
Meeting
Marriage
Responsibilities
17. Demonstrate
physical care for
raising children
18. Know
psychological
aspects of raising
children
19. Demonstrate
marriage
responsibilities
5. Buying,
Preparing, and
Consuming
Food
20. Purchase food
21. Clean food
preparation areas
22. Store food
23. Prepare means
24. Demonstrate
appropriate
eating habits
6. Buying and
Caring for
Clothing
26. Wash/clean
clothing
27. Purchase clothing.
28. Iron, mend &
store clothing
7. Exhibiting
Responsible
Citizenship
29. Demonstrate
knowledge of civil
rights and
responsibilities.
30. Know nature of
local, state, &
federal
governments
31. Demonstrate
knowledge of
the law &
ability to follow
the law
32. Demonstrate
knowledge of
citizen rights &
responsibilities
8. Utilizing
Recreational
Facilities and
Engaging in
Leisure
33. Demonstrate
knowledge of
available
community
resources
34. choose & plan
activities
35. Demonstrate
knowledge of
the value of
recreation
36. engage in group &
individual
activities
9. Getting Around
the Community
38. Demonstrate
knowledge of
traffic rules &
safety
39. demonstrate
knowledge & use
of various means
of transportation
40. Find way around
the community
41. Drive a car
37. Plan vacation
time
6.Use
banking
services
25.Plan/eat
balanced
meals
LCCE – COMPETENCIES AND SUB COMPETENCIES
Personal-Social Skills
Domain
Subcompetency: The student will be able to:
Competency
10. Achieving SelfAwareness
42. Identify physical
& psychological
needs
43. Identify interests
& abilities
44. Identify
emotions
45. Demonstrate
knowledge of
physical self
11. Acquiring SelfConfidence
46. Express feelings
of self-worth
47. Describe others’
perception of self
48. Accept & give
praise
49. accept & give
criticism
50. Develop
confidence in
oneself
12. Achieving
Socially
Responsible
Behavior
51. Develop respect
for the rights &
properties of
others
52. recognize
authority & follow
instructions
53. Demonstrate
appropriate
behavior in
public areas
54. Know important
character traits
55. Recognize
personal roles
13. Maintaining
Good
Interpersonal
Skills
56. Demonstrate
listening &
responding skills
57. Establish &
maintain close
relationships
58. make &
maintain
friendships
14. Achieving
Independence
59. Strive toward selfactualization
60. Demonstrate selforganization
61. Demonstrate
awareness
15. Making
Adequate
Decisions
62. Locate & utilize
sources of
assistance
63. Anticipate
consequences.
64. Develop &
evaluate
alternatives
65. Recognize nature
of a problem
66. Develop goalseeking
behavior
16. Communicating
with other
67. recognize &
respond to
emergency
situations
68. Communicate with
understanding
69. Know subtleties
of
communication
Occupational Guidance and Preparation
Domain
Subcompetency: The student will be able to:
Competency
17. Knowing &
Exploring
Occupatnl
Possibilities.
70. Identify
remunerative
aspects of
work
71. Locate
sources of
occupatnl. &
training info.
72. Identify
personal
values met
through
work
73. Identify
societal
values met
through work
74. Classify
jobs into
occupatnl.
categories.
18. Selecting
&
Planning
Occupatnl.
Choices
76. Make realistic
occupational
Choices
77. Identify
requirements
of appropriate
& available
jobs
78. Identify
occupatnl.
aptitudes
79. Identify major
occupational
interests
80. Identify
major
occupatnl.
needs
19. Exhibiting
App. Work
Habits &
Behavior
81. Follow
directions and
observe
regulations
82. Recognize
importance of
attendance &
punctuality
83. Recognize
importance
of
supervision.
84. Demonstrate
knowledge of
occupatnl.
safety
85. Work with
others
86. Meet demands
of quality
work
20. Seeking,
Securing,
& Maintng
Employmt.
88. Search for a
job
89. Apply for a
job
90. Interview
for a job
91. Know how to
maintain
postschool
occupatnl.
adjustment
92. Demo.
knowledge
of
competitive
standards
93. Know how to
adjust to
changes in
employment
21. Exhibiting
Sufficient
PhysicalManual
Skills
94. demonstrate
stamina &
endurance
95. Demonstrate
satisfactory
balance &
coordination
96. Demonstrate
manual
dexterity
97. Demonstrate
sensory
discrimination
22. Obtaining
Specific
Occupatnl.
Skills
75. Investigate
local occupat.
& training
opportunities
There are no specific subcompetencies, as they depend upon occupation-specific skills.
Brolin, D. E. (1997). Life-centered career education: A competency-based approach. Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.
87. Work at a
satisfactory
rate